Matt Henry won top honours New Zealand Cricket Awards: New Zealand Cricket announced its annual award on Wednesday, 9 April, in which many great players became winners. During this, fast bowler Matt Henry managed to win the biggest award in the men’s category and was given the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal. Henry’s performance was tremendous last year and due to this he was not only chosen as the Cricketer of the Year, but he also succeeded in becoming Test and ODI Cricketer of the Year.
Matt Henry’s New Zealand Cricket Award was a hit
Matt Henry played an important role in New Zealand’s historic Test series win in India. Henry took 8 wickets in the very first match of the series played in Bengaluru and contributed to his team’s great start. The right-arm fast bowler took 25 wickets in a total of five Test matches at an average of 20.08. Apart from this, Henry took 24 wickets in ODIs at an average of 15.50. He made an important contribution in taking his team to the final of the Champions Trophy 2025.
Jacob Duffy and Kane Williamson also got awards
30-year-old fast bowler Jacob Duffy was named T20 Cricketer of the Year at the New Zealand Cricket Awards. Duffy took 21 wickets at an economy rate of 9.71 and due to this performance also became the number 1 bowler in the ICC T20 rankings. Apart from this, veteran batsman Kane Williamson won the Redpath Cup for men’s first-class batting.
Amelia Kerr also made a splash
Star all-rounder Amelia Kerr also made a splash at the awards. She won the biggest award in the female category and won the Debbie Hockley Medal as Women’s Cricketer of the Year. Kerr has won this medal for the third consecutive year. Kerr played an important role in New Zealand’s Women’s T20 World Cup win last year.
She took the highest 15 wickets in the tournament and also scored 135 runs. Kerr also won the Women’s ODI and T20 Cricketer of the Year awards. In ODIs, she scored runs at an average of 33 and also took 14 wickets. Under her captaincy, Amelia led Wellington Blaze to the title and also won the Women’s Super Smash of the Year award for scoring 441 runs and taking 15 wickets.
Matt Henry becomes the fourth bowler to receive the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, following Chris Martin, Trent Boult and Tim Southee 🏏 #ANZNZCAwards pic.twitter.com/noidqBpkym
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) April 10, 2025
Full list of New Zealand Cricket Award winners
Debbie Hockley Medal – Amelia Kerr
Sir Richard Hadlee Medal – Matt Henry
Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket – Francis Payne
Test Player of the Year – Matt Henry
Men’s ODI Player of the Year – Matt Henry
Women’s ODI Player of the Year – Amelia Kerr
Men’s T20 Player of the Year – Jacob Duffy
Women’s T20 Player of the Year – Amelia Kerr
Men’s Domestic Player of the Year – Brett Hampton
Women’s Domestic Player of the Year – Eden Carson
Super Smash Men’s Player of the Year – Tom Bruce
Super Smash Women’s Player of the Year – Amelia Kerr
Redpath Cup (Men’s First-Class Batting) – Kane Williamson
Ruth Martin Cup (Women’s Domestic Batting) – Maddy Green
Winsor Cup (Men’s First-Class Bowling) – Matt Henry
Phil Blackler Cup (Women’s Domestic bowling) – Eden Carson
New Zealand Umpire of the Year – Chris Gaffney